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Samurai Japan's cheering section during an exhibition game against the Buffaloes at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on March 2

BASEBALL

Mar 13, 2026

Capturing the World Baseball Classic’s Japan leg from every angle

From Tokyo Tower to shinkansen platforms, Joshua Mellin captured all the excitement as Japan’s biggest baseball stars began their quest to repeat as WBC champs.

“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 29, 2025

Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit

The exhibit tells a sweeping, richly visual story about the deep and evolving connection between Japan and America’s shared national pastime.

Hajime Kawano and his family traveled from Japan to see Ichiro Suzuki be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday.

BASEBALL / MLB

Jul 28, 2025

Ichiro’s Hall of Fame induction becomes family affair for some fans

Some traveled from Japan to the United States to be part of Ichiro’s big moment.

Matt Fuller and his son, Isaiah, were lucky enough to meet Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong in the lead-up to the season-opening Tokyo Series.

BASEBALL / MLB

Mar 19, 2025

Tokyo Series gives diehard American baseball fans the ideal gateway into Japan

The Tokyo Dome may be filled with Japanese baseball diehards this week, but more than a few Americans have also made the trip to see the Cubs and Dodgers.

Shohei Ohtani speaks during the Dodgers' World Series celebration on Friday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

BASEBALL / MLB

Nov 2, 2024

In pictures: Dodgers fans fete World Series title with party fit for Hollywood

The party has hardly let up since Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers clinched the World Series on Wednesday.

Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga warms up ahead of a game against the Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on June 27.

BASEBALL / MLB

Jul 16, 2024

‘Shotamania’ in Chicago: Cubs’ Imanaga quickly becomes fan favorite

Imanaga, who has been one of the National League’s top pitchers, has seamlessly inserted himself into the Chicago sports scene.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

By Alex K.T. Martin

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